Anyone seen these bugs before?

Okotoks Reefer · #1 04-20-2009, 07:09 PM

hey just need some sort of ID the pic isn't that good but they are tiny tiny bugs or bristle worms?? the picture is about the size of my thumb nail and you can actually see white sand in the pic too to refrence, it's like they just hatched about two days ago the tank is new, in brown algae cycle now

Myka · #2 04-20-2009, 07:48 PM

Are you talking about the brown flecks, or?

Okotoks Reefer · #3 04-20-2009, 07:56 PM

yeaah it looks like long worm type thing but they can move fast ... so tiny that i can't see the legs if they have one

Okotoks Reefer · #4 04-20-2009, 08:06 PM

you can see sand in the background they look like big rocks to these things... they move constantly

shotzee · #5 04-20-2009, 08:24 PM

I can't tell at all from the pics but they could be copepods?

Okotoks Reefer · #6 04-20-2009, 08:34 PM

aren't copepods usaully whity/cleary
these are brownish... they look like how an ant searches around goes forward then backs up a little bit then goes another way... it's weird... and there's tons of them all in one little area.. and spreading lol

shotzee · #7 04-20-2009, 08:45 PM

Do a search and see how they compare to what you have in your tank. Either way I wouldn't worry too much

Okotoks Reefer · #8 04-20-2009, 08:49 PM

i have searched and can't find anything like this thats so small
i would love to have one of those computer(usb) microscopes right now to see exactly what they are... i'm just using a eye peice maginfiy glass something a jeweller uses, can't see them good with the naked eye
my spelling sucks hahaha

Okotoks Reefer · #9 04-20-2009, 08:50 PM

just want to know what they might be is all